If you're like most people, you're surrounded by advertisements, commercials, social media and more every day of your life. And much of it is one form of propaganda or another -- but how can you tell? What are the common techniques propagandists use to sell you everything from a soda to a war?
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A weekly show where we endeavor to answer one of your big questions. This week, Aldrym Gamatero asked, "Why is 301 used in YouTube for view count?"
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You've Never Used a Balloon Like This Before.... Imagine walking into a room to see your Japanese friends doing this...
To celebrate their friend's upcoming wedding, a few guys got together and combined a leaf blower, a balloon and some serious ambition; this was the surprising result of that winni...More

C'mon, man, just let this dude high five the kids.. But the 74-year-old has now been banned from dancing with his giant lollipop and giving school kids high fives. Nkosana, of Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, has brightened up the mornings of hundreds of school kids and adults since taking up his job...More

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We could have had tails this whole time?!
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Shouldn't they...I don't know...maybe chain those down?. A total of 64 cars were aboard cargo ship Astongate traveling from Toyama, Japan, to Vladivostok, Russia. After the storm hit the ship -- 52 of them ended up at the bottom of the sea. Whoever bought those cars signed a document allowing the ca...More